Sister Sable
suborned
BobbyJones314
xVampire3go
Bacon
shylarah
HylianRose
Silly
Dane
xAlterSophia
,
Suleykaar
and
Soron
@FallenTrinity
Interacting with
"Alexis"
@Vesuvius00
“What I seek is neither power or knowledge. But an audience to speak of the atrocities that occur below the mountain. Also I seek.” The warrior said.
“Very well, warrior. You will have your audience. Those who approach Mindah Taarvitan without greed or evil intentions will always have a place here.” Sophia said, assuming a more relaxed and less imposing posture.Qobo had taken notice to her subtle change in demeanor and followed suit, relaxing just enough without failing to drop his guard.
Those who often climbed that mountain, knew what they would find there. But he claimed that he wasn’t seeking knowledge or power, but instead an audience. That was something new. The warrior certainly caught Sophia’s interest. But his next action, would make Sophia even more curious.
“Warming herbs from Fotia." he said, taking two cups and pouring some tea, offering them to Qobo. Qobo glanced over to Sophia for an answer.
"I am Vulcan the volcanic fist of Fotia. The amount of allies one has cannot be enough. But the good ones are hard to come by. I wish the rest of this land could live in such peace as this temple." He said, looking to Qobo and Sophia.
Sophia slowly walked forward to the man, shapeshifting in her ‘almost’ human form. Her human form had an ‘exotic’ beauty to it. Her skin was as white as the moon, but at the same time, as dark as the night sky. Offering someone tea was regarded as a sign of peace in many civilizations around the world, by many eras. It was rude and dishonorable to not answer it adequately.
Silently and delicately bowing her head in a discreet gesture, she took the cup full of tea, giving it a small sip and passing it to Qobo shortly after who nodded and accepted the offering of peace before sitting down to join the newcomer.
“This gesture clearly shows that you are a lot more than just a brute warrior, moved only by its muscles and power. I salute you.” She said, smiling kindly to the man.
”And a connoisseur of fine herbs and tea hmhmhm.” Qobo quipped.
Sophia couldn’t help but feel happy to see other people who still followed old and honorable traditions.
"I will show you that you are in danger despite how strong you may know you are." he said, as fire erupted from his skin. As he growled, the fire grew stronger. For Sophia, that demonstration of power was unnecessary. He surely lost some points with her thanks to that, and Sophia didn’t bother to hide her slightly dissatisfied expression. Qobo had taken notice to the blatant show of strength and silently agreed with Sophia as he noticed her subtle changes in expression. To ask for an audience was new to them, sure. But for a show of power? He had only seen this from men and women of the Fotian area during his Trial of Sight. He opened his eyes ever so slightly in irritation.
"This is not enough I'm afraid... very few can reach these heights. I hope to be enlightened here. And perhaps my hope will return..."
“Vulcan. You said you came here seeking enlightenment. Your first lesson is about power, and its nature” Sophia said, looking to him with a serious expression.
“Power comes with knowledge, and not the other way around. It’s not one’s power that shows its value, but it’s knowledge.”
“Your first gesture by far outweighed your display of power. No power is absolute, it doesn’t matter how strong it may be. Just like nobody has infinite knowledge. It doesn’t matter how wise, old and intelligent it claims to be.” she said, slowly walking towards the man, looking to him like a teacher would look to a student. Qobo sat quietly and nodded sagely to her words. He began to reminisce about his past lessons from her. Aah, the nostalgia.
“We cannot show you the path you should follow to reach your goal, but we can show you the right direction. We will gladly be your guides in your journey, if you wish, of course.” she said, extending her hand to him.
But before Vulcan could even react, a huge, red dragon came crashing down from the sky. It appeared to be extremely exhausted. Sophia didn’t even have the time to react before the huge dragon came crashing in the temple’s walls, hitting and destroying everything on its path in an amazing spectacle of destruction.
Qobo had heard the alarms toll and looked to the sky, taking quick notice to the descending dragon and with no hesitation he went into action. Quickly he spun around, placing his hands on the ground and lifted himself up in what seemed like a flip of sorts. Within this same motion he grabbed onto Sophia and the newcomer, lifting him off the ground with wind manipulation before falling back towards the ground with the two of them, a portal opening up from below that showed the more inner sanctum of the temple, away from the library but not so far away from the entrance to the temple itself. As they passed through, a few chunks of debris flew past them as it hit the ceiling above before bouncing off and back onto the tiled floor. They were standing upright when they entered through the portal, allowing them to quickly make for the front once again if need be.
”Sophia! Are you alright!?” He asked with concern as he looked over their guest. He had a feeling Sophia was fine, hence why his concern was more for the Fotian warrior.
Sophia was still trying to understand the situation. Was it an attack? No… the dragon appeared to be extremely exhausted… Then what was it?
“Y-yes Qobo. I’m ok.” she answered him, regaining her composure.
“Quickly, go inside, see if there are anyone hurt.” she said to the other monks.
“I’m sorry for this interruption, but we have an emergency right now. We would be grateful if you could wait a little, and even more grateful if you wish to help us.” she said, to him, turning into a dragon once more and flying above the crash area. She was very worried about the children, but she couldn’t just run to them. She didn’t knew if the dragon was friendly or not, or if they were in danger.
Below was a bit on the chaotic side, having hit one of the walls which was hollowed out for escape routes, there could be seen a few monks helping out some exit the wall. Fortunately, noone was killed but some critically injured due to the crash. A large chuck of the wall was demolished and debris had scattered around quite a bit. Below on the hill one of the pathways had been destroyed by a 6 foot crater due to the golden bubble that contained the three. The dragon did not move but it seemed that nearby were two other outsiders. One seemed to have fallen asleep but the other…
“Master Qobo! Everyone is accounted for.” A young Tearnais initiate reported. Qobo nodded as he felt around the temple. His other concern was that of the children.
They are safe...Scared but safe. He sighed in relief.
”What of the Dragon?” The initiate bowed.
“The dragon seems to be fine. He is breathing but very hurt. There were tow others with it. One female and a male. The female seems to be asleep but the male...There is no response from him…” Qobo bit his bottom lip as he turned and made his way towards the entrance of the temple.
Seeing as Qobo already had the situation under control, she landed near him, on the crater.
“Get the two others, take them somewhere safe and take care of their health. If the male doesn’t respond, take care of its body and wait for the others to wake up. They would want to give him a proper burial.” Qobo bowed in response.
“And… Are the kids ok?” Sophia asked, trying unsuccessfully to hide her preoccupation.
”The children are fine. They were startled by the shaken earth but nothing mo-” It was then a few yelled out to the two Temple leaders as the large red dragon slowly began to move.
Sophia visibly calmed down after hearing that. She had a special affection to those children.
“Master Qobo! Master Sophia! Quickly!”
”Sophia…” He looked to her with urgency and nodded as he made his way to the head of the dragon.
It mumbled something as it seemed to struggle to sit up. Its body seemed to move like the land itself was placed on top of it.
”urph….ugh….Sor-on...I’ll...sa-a-ve... you…”
“He is extremely exhausted. But he seems to be unharmed.”
”Sophia, do you recognize him?” He asked with curiosity. As he awaited her response he decided to get a feel for his soul. He reached out as his eyes glowed white.
Those red scales and that size… She heard of a certain red dragon in stories, but it was too early for assumptions.
“No… I don’t.” she said, lost in her own thoughts.
’Anger...an unrelenting anger that rolled in waves like the ocean. So much hatred and intent to kill. Sadness, like that of a thousand funerals. Fear...isolation, loneliness…’ He pulled away with wide eyes.
” It’s him....The one I felt from the battle below before I felt death en masse.”
“Are you sure Qobo?” She asked, curious.
“I wasn’t going to say it before i had more clues… But there was a certain red dragon, a powerful one, whose deeds marked the great wars…” she said, looking to Qobo.
“If he is this dragon, even I must be careful around him.” she said with a serious face. If that dragon went on rampage, Sophia herself would have a tough time stopping him.
Sulley had barely opened his eyes. They were glazed, blurred and the sounds around him muffled. He went to move his wing but stopped as pain filled his head causing his eyes to roll back momentarily.
’Great….Broken…’ He thought to himself behind the pain. He barely managed to turn his head so his chin rested on the ground. He had looked up to see an old man and dragon standing over him.
”Ple-please...He-help...Hi-hi-hi-...” He kept forcing himself to move or at least shift to his smaller form but it was no use.
”Dragon...You’re soul is currently weak right now. You need to rest.” Suleykaar shook his head subtly.
”N-no...Mu-Must...sa-save...Brother….” Qobo glanced to Sophia with soft eyes and yet they held a bit of confusion. Brother? Who was his brother?
“We will do the possible to save him. Please rest. Right now, you are too weak to do anything.” she said to the dragon with a serious tone.
”I-I’m….No-no-not...WEAK!” It was fairly pitiful of an attempt to show defiance but he added a weak glare only enhanced by a growl that still held true despite the exhaustion. Qobo was not frightened but a few of the other monks flinched slightly. Such ambition and tenacity from this dragon. It was unheard of. It would seem that this dragon would go down fighting...but why? Qobo looked to Sophia for the ok to assist the dragon to slumber before he too died.
Sophia understood what Qobo meant with his eyes, and silently nodded.
“I’m not asking. You will rest for now. I won’t let anyone die inside my temple. That also applies to your friends.” she said, with an authoritative voice.
Giving one final push, Sulley spoke up before-
”Pro-promise…. me...Pr-pr-pr-promi-” It would sound like the ringing of three bells as golden ripples rolled across the points where Qobo touched. And as if turning off a light, Sulley’s sight went dark as he was instantly put to sleep. Qobo looked at the dragon with soft eyes.
“He has quite the temper…” Sophia mumbled to herself, shaking her head in disapproval.
Qobo glanced over to her before turning his attention to the dragon once more.
”I have only ever seen this much tenacity in the pits of Fotia when one refuses to die or give up. But this one….This one has brought that feeling to a league of its own. One would even say a dragon’s will, hm? hehehehe.” Qobo chuckled as he leaned on his cane, looking over to Sophia with a light smile.
“Qobo… I do plan to keep my promise.” she said, looking to him with a serious expression.
“About not letting anyone die.”
Qobo’s smile soon turned to a thin line.
”I do not doubt that. But what I wish to learn is why would he go to this length for someone? I have never come across another dragon besides yourself who would nearly die for descendant…”
“That's exactly why I plan to keep my promise. For a dragon to care so much about someone else… I am deeply curious about why he is going so far for his ‘brother’...” she said, glancing to where the other two who came with him were after they crashed. Qobo nodded in agreement.
”When he wakes up…” He glanced to Sophia, knowing she knew what he was thinking.
”Until then what do we do with him?” His eyes narrowed as he eyed his entire body and how it destroyed the wall around them.
“Let him rest. I’ll keep my eye on him for now. He is too exhausted to do anything, but once he wakes up, he will probably be very agitated.” she said, worried about the others if he decided to fight.
Qobo looked back towards the other two on the ground as they were soon carried away to their respectable places in the temple. As he looked at the two he spoke up in agreement.
”Huuuuuh….Very well. I will go make sure the other escape routes are intact just in case and will let the elders know should this escalate to escape with the children.”
“Meanwhile, I’ll try to take him to somewhere a little more spacious, so we can start repairing the walls... “ she said, looking to the big dragon. It would certainly be a very hard task, but she would be able to do it.
“Maybe the gardens... “ she said to herself, thinking.
”The gardens are spacious and vast. If need be the large training area may work as well. The one we use...As for the wall however. Have some of our Oro Initiates work on that. We can use that as a substitute for training. Earth manipulation training.” Qobo nodded sagely.
“Thanks for understanding, Qobo.” she said with a smile.
“I’ll take care of him. The gardens are very peaceful, but i don’t think they are peaceful enough to calm down this red dragon when he wakes up.” she said, getting near the big red dragon and thinking in a way to take him there without having to break down another wall.
Qobo looked at her as she seemed to study the red dragon. She must have been figuring out how to transport him there. Funny enough Qobo had been doing the same until he thought of something. He sighed.
”It will drain me a bit but I don’t foresee a problem with it but I’ll attempt to make a portal for you two.” He nodded as he backed away from them.
Sophia smiled upon hearing him.
“I don’t think i would be able to carry him without dragging him through the floor…” she said, with a giggle.
“Thank you.” she said, with a slight bow.
”Of course…” He bowed in return before concentrating on the ground in front of him, just under the two dragons. It was small at first but soon began to grow in size as he concentrated on expanding the hole itself. Sweat started to form on his head as it grew but soon the tails of the two fell through. Slowly but surely the dragon’s seemed to slid into the void that would place them in the gardens of the Temple. Qobo called out.
”You know how to get in touch with me should something arise. Please do not hesitate!” He yelled out just as her head started to disappear.
“Thank you, Master Qobo, but you’ve already done enough.” she said, smiling.
“I’ll examine him while he sleeps. He is probably hurt from the fall.” she said, going to the gardens.
Qobo nodded as he closed the portal in front of him but soon he felt light headed, falling down to his cane in exhaustion. Wiping his brow of sweat he turned to the temple itself and made his way towards one of the two. The girl, to see how she was doing.
